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Hi Jim & All,                        Sept 10, 2014
    In a sense this is good news.
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     Adverse developments and the threat of worse may generate the =
political will to take climate change seriously and act accordingly.

Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Jim Wolford=20
  To: naturens=20
  Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 6:21 PM
  Subject: [NatureNS] Climate change threatens 314 N. Am. bird species =
-- was Northern Cardinal breeding, HRM


  I have some historical comments of my own, from 40 years in N.S., but =
perhaps related and definitely required reading arrived yesterday as an =
item of Birdlife International news:


  09/09/2014 Climate change threatens 314 North American bird species


  New study shows that climate change threatens nearly half the bird =
species in the continental United States and Canada, including the Bald =
Eagle


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    From: Andrew Stadnyk <Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca>

    Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Northern Cardinal breeding, HRM

    Date: September 9, 2014 at 10:22:05 AM ADT

    To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>

    Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca



    Perhaps this thought has already been cast into naturens and I =
missed it, but I think it is worth pondering whether the cardinal =
infusion, beautiful bird that it is, is a good thing or not. Is this a =
symptom of other more subtle changes that we are not detecting (decline =
of another species from the niche, bountiful food of introduced species, =
etc.)? In my 20 years in N.S. the cardinal has successfully moved =
northward. I have seen the decline of the house sparrow parallel with =
this event. I have also heard the insects fall silent in my =
neighborhood, and am convinced the number of bees (and butterflies?) is =
in steady decline. Why now? (Maybe they rode here on the backs of the =
grey squirrels; seems they were introduced in the same geographic area?)



    Andy Stadnyk
    Lower Sackville


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    Sent: September 9, 2014 7:40 AM
    To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
    Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Northern Cardinal breeding, HRM

    For the second year in a row we had a successful nesting of a pair =
on our property in Hubbards. They, and the offspring have now left.
    Peter Stow
     Hubbards

    In a message dated 2014-09-08 10:21:54 P.M. Atlantic Daylight Time, =
plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca writes:
      I visited Jean Hartley in Rockingham, HRM yesterday.  She reports =
that the pair of Northern Cardinals which were hanging about her very =
bird-friendly yard this summer (lush multiflora rose tangles) have =
produced a fledgling.  There is now a young male bird as well.

      Patricia L. Chalmers
      Halifac



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<DIV>Hi Jim &amp; All,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
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<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a sense this is good news.</DIV>
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<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Adverse developments and the threat of =
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<DIV>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</DIV>
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Climate =
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  threatens 314 N. Am. bird species -- was Northern Cardinal breeding, =
HRM</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>I have some historical comments of my own, from 40 =
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  N.S., but perhaps related and definitely required reading arrived =
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    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: =
'Helvetica'"><B>From:=20
    </B></SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'">Andrew Stadnyk =
&lt;<A=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca">Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca</A>&gt;<BR></=
SPAN></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: =
'Helvetica'"><B>Subject:=20
    </B></SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'"><B>RE: =
[NatureNS] Northern=20
    Cardinal breeding, HRM</B><BR></SPAN></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: =
'Helvetica'"><B>Date:=20
    </B></SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'">September 9, =
2014 at=20
    10:22:05 AM ADT<BR></SPAN></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: =
'Helvetica'"><B>To:=20
    </B></SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'">"<A=20
    href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>" =
&lt;<A=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A>&gt;<B=
R></SPAN></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: =
'Helvetica'"><B>Reply-To:=20
    </B></SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'"><A=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A><BR></=
SPAN></DIV><BR>
    <DIV>
    <DIV=20
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    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Perhaps this =
thought has=20
    already been cast into naturens and I missed it, but I think it is =
worth=20
    pondering whether the cardinal infusion, beautiful bird that it is, =
is a=20
    good thing or not. Is this a symptom of other more subtle changes =
that we=20
    are not detecting (decline of another species from the niche, =
bountiful food=20
    of introduced species, etc.)? In my 20 years in N.S. the cardinal =
has=20
    successfully moved northward. I have seen the decline of the house =
sparrow=20
    parallel with this event. I have also heard the insects fall silent =
in my=20
    neighborhood, and am convinced the&nbsp;number of bees (and =
butterflies?) is=20
    in steady decline. Why now? (Maybe they rode here on the backs of =
the grey=20
    squirrels; seems they were introduced in the same geographic=20
area?)<BR></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><BR></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Andy =
Stadnyk</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">Lower =
Sackville<BR></DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
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    <DIV dir=3Dltr id=3DdivRplyFwdMsg><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"=20
    face=3D"Calibri, sans-serif"><B>From:</B><SPAN=20
    class=3DApple-converted-space>&nbsp;</SPAN><A=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.=
ca</A>=20
    &lt;<A=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.=
ca</A>&gt;=20
    on behalf of Hubcove@aol.com =
&lt;<A=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:Hubcove@aol.com">Hubcove@aol.com</A>&gt;<BR><B>Sent:</B><S=
PAN=20
    class=3DApple-converted-space>&nbsp;</SPAN>September 9, 2014 7:40=20
    AM<BR><B>To:</B><SPAN class=3DApple-converted-space>&nbsp;</SPAN><A=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A><BR><B=
>Subject:</B><SPAN=20
    class=3DApple-converted-space>&nbsp;</SPAN>Re: [NatureNS] Northern =
Cardinal=20
    breeding, HRM</FONT>
    <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT id=3Drole_document size=3D2 face=3DArial>
    <DIV>For the second year in a row we had a successful nesting of a=20
    pair&nbsp;on our property in Hubbards. They, and the offspring have =
now=20
    left.</DIV>
    <DIV>Peter Stow</DIV>
    <DIV>&nbsp;Hubbards</DIV>
    <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV>
    <DIV>In a message dated 2014-09-08 10:21:54 P.M. Atlantic Daylight =
Time, <A=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca">plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca</A>=
=20
    writes:</DIV>
    <BLOCKQUOTE=20
    style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; =
MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT=20
      style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" size=3D2 face=3DArial>I =
visited Jean=20
      Hartley in Rockingham, HRM yesterday.&nbsp; She reports that the =
pair of=20
      Northern Cardinals which were hanging about her very bird-friendly =
yard=20
      this summer (lush multiflora rose tangles) have produced a=20
      fledgling.&nbsp; There is now a young male bird as =
well.<BR><BR>Patricia=20
      L.=20
    =
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